How Job Seekers Research Future Employers

3660 Survey Participants

How do job seekers make employment decisions?

Information is abundant. We all rely on the internet and reviews to when deciding on purchases or where to have dinner. Job seekers and employees are more discerning than ever and use a variety of ways to decide about applying for a job and accepting an offer The Good Jobs continually surveys today’s talent to learn about how they make their employment choices.

Most Job seekers research information about their future employers. The Good Jobs asked:

When looking for a job where do you go to learn about what the company offers it's employees? Check all that apply.

%

Total Count

Company career page

83%

3055

Google (any browser) search

59%

2159

LinkedIn company profile

56%

2052

Glassdoor

51%

1875

Talk to current/former employees

42%

1550

Job board postings

37%

1362

Job board company description/page

31%

1125

Facebook company page

30%

1104

Twitter page

9%

328

I don't research companies

2%

76

Source: The Good Jobs

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